A $500,000 insurance payment was approved Monday in Lenawee County Probate Court to settle a wrongful death claim against a driver blamed for the death of Gerald Bruce Shultis in a Washtenaw County traffic crash last year.

Shultis, 60, of Clinton, died on Feb. 15, 2011, when his Ford Focus was struck in the side by a Saab SUV. The driver was identified as Karen Wrozek in court documents. A police report on the accident stated she ran a flashing red light on Moon Road and struck Shultis’ car in the intersection with U.S. 12 in Pittsfield Township.

The settlement accepted Monday is for the $500,000 limit of an Auto-Owners Insurance Co. policy on Wrozek’s vehicle. The court also approved an order distributing the settlement among attorneys and family members.